I would go with white plantation shutters - keeps your architectural look/lines. You can also select the shutters to have two parts in one panel also for the ones down the bottom - so half way have one part (of one so its not two different ones) you can shut completely and the top part you can adjust to still see but with complete privacy in the bottom (you could have in the morning when lying in bed), or you open and shut them around the same amount. I did that in my hall way so that I can completely close the bottom half but the top part of the same shutter I can open slightly for the light etc etc but still have privacy. Shutters give you so many possibilities for privacy, lighting etc depending on the person.

Old post but thought I'd update. We have finally moved into our forever home and on occasions, obviously in winter, we still have crying window (sob). We have the wet windows on the south side of the home which is the shady side so not unexpected but also on the north side where we still get lovely warm winter sunlight streaming in and I still do have all my windows slightly cracked open and it does help. Incidentally I have glass bricks in our bathroom on the south side and there is no condensation on this window at all. Our home has insulation in both the exterior and interior walls and we have double insulation in our roof, so factor 7 unlike the usual factor 3.5 not that it probably has any bearing on the moisture issue. We have a 1.8mtr wide veranda surrounding the entire home so the windows are some what protected from the elements but when the temperature gets fairly low and can be almost zero in winter, it seems impossible to prevent this crying window sindrome but I can live with the fact it is fairly easy and quick to remove with a Karcher window vac now, brilliant little machine at $99 and it only takes a few minutes. We have an exhaust fan in both bathrooms that is vented outside so the moist air does not go into the roof space and in fact even my rangehood ducting is vented outside too!! We even had condensation in the roof cavity as well to the point of having a rainforest up there but since fitting another whirlie into the roof making it three in total now, it appears to have almost entirely eradicated that problem. I can say catagorically now that crying windows are a very difficult problem to eradicate in very cold climates where obviously the inside of the home being heated at night is going to create the perfect conditions for the condensation to settle with the inside being far wamer than the outside and there in lies the problem which canot be changed. I have blinds and curtains that I close ever day before dark but it makes no difference. As I have aluminium windows and doors throughout, so no timber anywhere, it isn't such an issue for damage but annoying none the less but life goes on and I do so love my beautiful new home!!

I feel your pain, alipetecampbell! I was asking the same question last year when facing this dilemma. There seems to be a lot of options available overseas but not in Australia. In the end I went with Lite-rise (meaning you had to manually raise/lower the blind!) Luxaflex Duette Shades with the smaller 10mm honeycomb cells. The problem with the french doors is that there is not a big enough lip where the glass is set into the aluminum frame. So the blind has to be mounted onto the frame rather than within the frame. While it is not an issue when the door is open, you have to be careful not to push the door too far back against the wall, otherwise the protruding head rail will hit the wall on the inner end. I like the translucent duette shades I went with & they do the job but they are not the perfect window treatment I was looking for. New products are coming onto the market all the time so I hope you are able to source something that really appeals to you.

Our recently Plantation Shutter Supply and Installation at Howell Dr, Berwick 3806 VIC. Three windows are all located at 1st level with strong sunlight in the morning. All tinted windows, but owner wish to have sth fancy for both sun shade and beauty. Whole Project is less than $1500 - one window in Master Bedroom and two windows for Study next door. Book now with us for your plantation shutter windows treatment